After striking out the next batter, Nocero walked in another run to make it 2-0. Then came the pivotal play of the game.

Jordan Ferone laid down a bunt, which GK third baseman Kevin Conaty aggressively charged, fielded and threw to home to get the force. GK catcher Nick Terzulli threw to first to complete an inning-ending double play.

Nocero walked the bases loaded in the second, but escaped that as well.

In the top of the third, after a double and a walk, Nocero ripped a two-run double down the left-field line to tie the game.

In the fourth, Robert Amato scored on a wild pitch to put GK ahead, 3-2.

In the fifth, Nocero ripped a ball into the weeds in the left-field corner. WS left-fielder Brendan Hurtado never put his hands up to indicate a dead ball and Nocero came all the way around to make it 4-2.

WS would try to mount a comeback in the bottom of the fifth, loading the bases with one out.

Nocero was relieved by Chris Ferris, who retired WS pitcher Joe Sena on an RBI ground out, making it 4-3. But with two outs and runners at second and third, Ferris got Ferone to ground back to him to end the inning.

GK put the game away in the next two innings with two runs in sixth and three more in the seventh.